Biodegradation
- How does it apply to cleaning products?
Biodegradation
continues to be an important aspect of the environmental
safety assessment process for consumer products, particularly
cleaning products. This process, undertaken during product
development, entails a systematic evaluation of information
on ecological effects and environmental concentrations for
each ingredient in order to reach a conclusion about the safety
of the ingredient in the finished product. Biodegradation
plays a key role in these evaluations because it can significantly
lower the environmental concentration of an ingredient. Biodegradation
information can also help manufacturers meet consumer demands
for more environment-related information on product labels.
In addition, there are government regulations in the U.S.
and other areas of the world rely, at least in part, on
biodegradation information.
